IPv6 Deployment Panel
This session takes place in the San Geronimo A/B room between 3 and 4.30pm (UTC -4) on Sunday 24 June 2007.
What it is?
This session is a 90 minute panel discussion focusing on the issues involved in deploying IPv6 on an IPv4 network. Although IPv6 is very similar to IPv4, there are enough differences that's it's necessary to ensure many components on deployed networks will be able to handle IPv6 as well as IPv4.
Why is it important?
Because IP addresses are the identifiers that all computers use when connecting to the Internet, IPv6 deployment will affect anyone using Internet connected systems. Within just a few years, all the available IPv4 address space will have been allocated to RIRs and then on to ISPs and other networks. Continued network growth will only be possible by using IPv6 address space or losing access to many Internet services and content. Network operators need to make sure they are ready for the challenges ahead.
Who should attend?
This session should be interesting to anyone interested in continued growth in IP networking, whether that is in a domestic, enterprise or service provider environment.
Questions for the panel?
If you want to ask the panel questions during the session, please use the chatroom on the meeting web site (opens in a new window). If you want to aska question before the session starts, please add a comment on this page.
Who are the panelists?
- Darryl Henry, Centennial de Puerto Rico
- Mehmet Akcin, ICANN Chief Engineer
- Leo Vegoda (chair), IANA Numbers Liaison
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| IPv6 Deployment Panel.pdf | 845.1 KB |
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Session summary
About 50 people attended today's IPv6 deployment session in person, with remote participation on both the public participation web site and the web chat room.
Mehmet Akcin, ICANN's Chief Engineer, described the issues he'd faced in deploying IPv6 on ICANN's network, including finding upstream ISPs offering IPv6 connectivity. Darryl Henry, Centennial de Puerto Rico's Director of Customer Solutions then described the attraction IPv6 offers a carrier network: providing the address space that allows customers to connect with and ever growing number of people and services.
The panel agreed that IPv6 deployment did not demand a large capital investment for ISP or enterprise networks as it can be achieved incrementally, and Mehmet showed research that indicated the majority of costs may affect end users. Many end users' routers and modems don't support IPv6 or run an old operating system that does not come with IPv6 support built in.
So while there are costs in implementing IPv6 it may be possible for those to be recouped by offering additional services to customers, like home automation, remote monitoring and so on.
Leo Vegoda,
IANA Numbers Liaison
Enterprise firewalling and IPv6
I run a small enterprise network with about 80 infrastructure and user machines on it. I do not have native IPv6 connectivity but some of the machines on the network can make use of Teredo and other transition mechanisms. My firewall doesn't have IPv6 support, so how do I ensure the security of the network?
Re: Enterprise firewalling and IPv6
Thanks for asking this question. I'll ask our panel to address firewalls and transition mechanisms during the session.